William pearce



(No Model.)

' WQ PEARCE.- OX SHOE.

No.i471,513. Patented Ma 22, 1892.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM PEARCE, OF SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MERIT N. WVOODRUFF, OF SAME PLACE.

'OX-SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 471,513, dated March 22, 1892. Application filed February 1890- Serial No. 339,243. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: the foot of the ox. N o crease is required in Be it known that I, WILLIAM PEARCE, of this form of shoe, and the head of the nail Southington, in the county of Hartford and after driving is protected from undue wear State of Connecticut, have invented certain by being located in the openings or recesses 5 new and useful Improvements in Ox-Shoes, between the bearing-pointsf. These recesses of which the following is a full, clear, and exor openings between the pointsfafford spaces act description, whereby any one skilled in between which the face of the shoe readily the art can make and use the same. clears itself of dirt. The bearings on the in- The object of my invention is to provide a ner curyelof the, toe of the shoe extending I 10 shoe especially adapted, for shoeing oxen, from the end to the pad are of especial adthat will obviate many of the difficulties vantage, as they afford a direct support for caused by the use of prior forms of shoes, and the toe that prevents the separating of the one that will also tend to prevent the splithoof, both when the ox is standing still and ting of the foot by extension of the cleft bewhen in motion, and the bearing-points are r 5 tween the toes. so arranged that a perfect horizontal support To this end my invention consists of the is afforded to all parts of each separate toe, ox-shoe having certain peculiar features of and the separating or rocking over of the toe construction, as more particularly hereinafter or of the whole foot, that causes the OK to described, and pointed out in the claims. crowd sidewise against its yoke-mate, is ob- 20 Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a viated.

front view in'outline of the hoof of an OK. A practical test of my improved shoe in use Fig. 2 is a bottom view of a hoof as shod with on oxen has shown that it not only affords a my improved shoe. Fig. 3 is a detail side level support, but prevents the extension of View of the shoe. Fig. 4 is a detail View, on the cleft above the point 0' into the quick, 25 enlarged scale, in cross-section through the that is a source of so much danger and diffishoe on line 00 at of Fig. 2. culty when the old forms of sharpened shoes In the accompanying drawings, the letter a are used. denotes the hoof of an ox, b b the toes, the I claim as my invention cleft 0 between which terminates at c. The 1. The improved ox-shoe composed of two 3o shoe d is made up as usual in two parts, each corresponding parts, each a reverse duplicate complements of the other and practically duof the other and each having on the wearingplicates in general outline, except that the face a series of bearing and holding points position of the parts are reversed. so arranged that the length of the bearing or My improved shoe is made, preferably, of holding point shall extend in a direction 35 cast metal, having the heel e, pad e, and toe lengthwise along the edge of the opposite sides 2. Along the outer edge of each portion of of the toe-section of the shoe, all substantially the shoe there is arranged a series of bearing as described. and holding points f. These bearings project 2. The improved ox-shoe composed of two from the under or wearing surface of the shoe corresponding parts, each a reverse duplicate o 40 and extend around the heel along the outside of the other and each having on the wearingand preferably to the pad at the point 6 Beface the narrow calks so arranged that the tween the successive bearing-points f the naillength of the calk shall extend in the same holes g are made; but it is not essential that direction as the length of the shoe and along they should be located between every pair, as the outer and inner edge of the toe-section, 45 shown in the drawings, along the outer edge. and nail-holes located between the calks, all By locating these nail-holes in the space besubstantially as described. tween the bearing-points I am enabled to get them closer to the outer edge of the shoe, WILLIAM PEARCE which is a desirable feature, owing to the fact Witnesses: 50 that the sensitive part of the hoof lies ex- EDWIN G. LEWIS,

tremely near to the outer horn-covering in MARCUS H. HOLCOMB. 

